Folding metal awning



Aug. 16, 1938. J. T. KlTCHlNG 2,127,962

FOLDING METAL AWNING Filed June 26, 1936 2' Sheets-Sheet 1 iVf/% INVENTOR amyam% O ATTORNEYS WITNESS g 1938- J. T. KITCHING FOLDING METAL AWNING Filed June 26, 1936 WITNESS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 %62%m Ttei INVENTQR ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 16, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FOLDING METAL AWNING Joshua Thomas Kitching, Pleasantville, N. J.

Application June 26, 1936, Serial No. 87,520

1 Claim. (Cl. 156-43) This invention relates to folding metallic awnwardly through the front thereof in which the lugs and has for the primary object the provision sections as they fold in telescopic relation may of a device of this character which will be exmove to become substantially confined within the tremely simple in construction and easy to adapt compartment. Thus it will be seen that when 5 to a building and may be either manually actuthe awning is folded or collapsed and within the 5 ated or power driven and when folded or collapsed compartment Ill the device in entirety will not will lie substantially within a casing, the latter project any further from the face of the wall and the awning when folded will not project of a building than is customary with awnings any further beyond the face of a building than now in use. Gear compartments II are formed awnings now employed. in the casing in which are located drums l2 se- 10 'With these and other objects in view, this incured to a shaft l3 extending into both comvention consists in certain novel features of conpartments. The drums have secured and wound struction, combination and arrangement of parts thereon flexible elements I secured to one of to be hereinafter more fully described and the end sections of the awning adjacent the gut- 16 claimed. ters thereof. By rotating the shaft IS in one For a complete understanding of my invention, direction, the awning may be collapsed into the reference is to be had to the following descripcasing and by rotation of the shaft in an oppotion and accompanying drawings, in which site direction the awning may be moved into ex- Figure l is a front elevation illustrating an tended position. The shaft I! may be either 20 awning constructed in accordance with my inmanually rotated or by power. A gear box I! 0 vention and showing the same collapsed. is secured to the casing with the shaft l3 ex- Figure 2 is a fragmentary transverse sectional tending therethrough. A worm gear I is seview showing the awning collapsed and adapted cured to the shaft within the gear box I! and to a building. V meshes with a worm H. The worm ll may be Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view illustratconnected to an electric motor I! suitably mount- 25 ing the awning in an extended position. ed to the building or may be connected to a Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective view, shaft i9 extending to a gear box 20 in which partly in section, showing one of the awning secare located meshing beveled gears 2|, one setions. cured to the shaft l9 and the other to a crank Figure 5 is a detail sectional view showing the handle 22. The crank handle is located in con- 30 P wer drive for the awning. venient reach of a person standing adjacent the Referring in detail to the drawings, the nuawning so that the latter may be raised and lowmeral l indicates a collapsible metallic awning ered, as desired. composed of a series of telescopic sections 2 of Having described the invention, I claim:

substantially u-shape and said sections being A metallic awning comprising a plurality of 35 Pivotfllly connected, as own t 4- One f the telescopic sections of inverted U-shape, the inner end sections has formed at its free edge a trough section having its outer edge bent to form a gutfor the purpose of catching water drained from ter extending the full length thereof and the upthe awning when extended to direct the water per edge of said inner section being bent in the towards the face or wall of a building to which form of an outwardly extending bead, and the 40 the awning is adapted. The collapsed awning remaining overlying sections having inwardly or sections thereof slide one within the other extending beads on their lower edges and 011iand to bring about collapsing all sections exwardly extending beads on their upper edges, n one Of the 8nd Sections h s beading 8 so inner and outer beads of successive sections en- 48 that as the sections progressively move inward-- gaging to maintain the sections in cooperative ly of each other said sections contact the beadengagement when in extended position, said Overings and bring about a complete collapsing of the lying sections also having inwardly extending awning. All sections except one of the end secbeads formed on their upper edges providing tions have headings I and 8 which headings constops against which the upper edges of adia- 50 m during the unfolding of the wn o precent sections engage when the sections are in 50 vent complete separation of the sections. collapsed position, and means for extending and A housing 8 of the general shape of the seccollapsing the sections. tions of the awning is suitably secured to a building and has a compartment ll opening out- JOSHUA THOMAS KITCHING. 

